Study on methane hydration process in a semi-continuous stirred tank reactor

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 954-960

  Hao, Wenfeng ^a,b   Wang, Jinqu ^a   Fan, Shuanshi ^b   Hao, Wenbin ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Froude number; Hydration rate; Methane hydration process; Semi continuous stirred tank reactor; Stirrer power; Stirring Reynolds number; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRATION RATE; METHANE HYDRATION PROCESS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTORS; STIRRER CAPACITY; STIRRER POWER; STIRRING REYNOLDS NUMBER; STORAGE CAPACITY;

METHANE;

EID: 33846329482     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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